Learning to Die |
Tuesday Jul 21 2009
Socrates said that we don’t really have wisdom until we learn to die. Cornell West said the same thing in the acclaimed documentary Examined Life by Astra Taylor. When I first became interested in aging and how our culture views ‘growing older’ many years ago, I learned that, beyond a certain age, very few people seem to be afraid of death. Some may be afraid of dying with unfinished business, but we eventually reach a point when the fact of our death is no longer such a big deal. The big question is when will we face the fact that we will die?[Read More]
Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
Tagged with: age dr._judith_rich learning_to_die living_in_the_present surrender wisdom
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